Soap cake holder and drainer



Dec. 26, 1939. F. T. PLACK 2,184,805

SOAP CAKE HOLDER AND DRAINER Filed June 30, 1938 /l//lj/l/ /IIIIgAIIII'IIIIII/ gwuc/wtofrf,

Patented Dec. 26, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to toilet articles, and particularly to an improved form of soap-cake holder and drainer.

The primary object of this invention is to provide a very convenient and practical device for holding several cakes of toilet soap of diierent kinds, or owned by different members of a family, in different individual compartments and in such position that they stand on their ends, so they are most quickly and thoroughly drained and are thus most fully preserved from waste and deterioration, and are readily accessible to the users upon removal of a cover by which all the soap-cakes are normally shielded from dust, e c.

Another object of the invention is to provide such soap holder with readily and easily removable partitions and drain plate, to enable the device to be thoroughly cleansed when need be.

Another object is to provide such soap holder with supporting means that is attachable to numerous parts of or fixtures in a bathroom, and on which the soap holder is adjustable to different positions, so as to be in easy reach oi a person in a bathtub or at a wash basin. Other objects and important features are pointed out or implied in the following details of description, in connection with the accompanying drawing in which:

Fig. l is a front elevation of a complete toilet article that includes the invention in connection with a pair of laterally attached receivers for matches, cigarettes or other articles that may be kept therein.

Fig. 2 is a top view, partly in section, a part broken away, of the partitioned receptacle having its cover omitted, and only a fragment of the supporting rod attached.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view the section being along the line 3-5 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical sectional View, the section being along the line 4 4 of Fig. 3,

Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the receptacle having the partitions and drain plate omitted, the section being along the line 3 5 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged perspective view of a very simple and effective and convenient locking bar or wedge for securing the partitions and drainplate in place within the receptacle.

Fig. '7 is a sectional detail View showing how the supporting rod is removably secured to the wallplate or bracket-base by means of a spring-clamp or clasp.

Referring to the drawing by the use of reference numerals in connection with the various priate number of holes I I to receive nails, screws, hooks, a string, or other means for supporting it on a wall or a xture of a bathroom. Two spring-clamps I2 are each formed with a cam stud I3 for engagement with openings in the ends of a horizontally disposed rod I4 that is prefer-` ably ilat or in the form of a thick'strip of metal or other strong and stiff material.

A receptacle I5 is provided with an easily removable cover IG which can also be slid lengthwise for gaining access to the interior at either end of the receptacle (proper), viz., the hollow unit shown separately in Fig. 5, and which comprises a bottom or floor I1, a rear wall I8, sidewalls or right and left walls I9, and a front wall 2l), which latter is much lower thanthe rear and side walls, so the soap-cakes can be removed and replaced over its top without obstruction; and this low wall is of major importance, as will presently be made plain. Other important elements of the receptacle are the shelves or drain-plate seats 2l, and the inverted U-shaped ridges or partition-seats 22. A drain-spout or outlet 23 may also be provided, but this may be omitted Where the wall 20 and shelves 2| are made higher so that the space or water-chamber 24, under the drain-plate 25, is more capacious; for the drainplate 25 is readily removable for emptying the water that drains into the space 24 from the soap that is placed on the drain plate after it is used. No novelty is claimed for the ridges 26 of the drain-plate, the ridges 21 of therear wall, nor the ridges 28 of the partitions 29, but as these are useful for facilitating drainage, and as they are Well known in expired prior patents, they are here shown for use in connection with the novel inventive features.

While two elements 22 and two partitions 29 are here shown, it is within thescope of this invention to either increase or diminish this nurnber. Each element 29 forms a channel or cavity having a closed upper end; so that the respective partitions, having their rear edges normally seated in such cavities, cannot be moved upward without iirst being moved forward in said receptacle; and since the lower edge of each partition is normally seated on the drain-plate, the latter cannot be moved from its seat until the partitions are removed. Moreover, the elements 4 An important feature of this invention resides in the fact that the front-to-rear distance across the drain-plate is considerably less than the front-to-rear distance between the rear wall I8 and front wall 28, so a space 3l (Fig. 2) is provided for receiving a locking element or wedg bar 32 that fits snugly, but removably, between the front wall 2d and the partitions 25', so the latter cannot be moved forward, and therefore, the drain-plate cannot be moved from its seat, until the member 32 is removed; but upon removal of the member 32, the partitions can then be moved out of their connement, viz., from `the closed upper ends of the channel elements 22; whereupon, they and the drain-plate can be easily removed so as to be thoroughly cleaned and to vacate the receptacle iS for easy access to all its parts for being cleaned.

Referring to Figs. 2 and 4, it is seen that spring-clamps 33 are secured on the rear side of the rear wall le; that the supporting rod I4 is normally engaged with and removable from these spring-clamps; and that the receptacle and its contents can be slid along said rod il! substantially from end to end of the latterfor a purpose previously stated.

Although I have shown the drain-plate with openings 3d through its intermediate portions, it is quite within the scope of the invention to provide drain-.spaces on one or more of its edges;

and the invention is susceptible of numerous other changes within the scope of the inventive ideas as implied and claimed.

What I claim as my invention is:

l. In a holder for cakes of soap, a receptacle which includes a floor, high side walls and rear wall, and a low front wall, in combination with a drain-plate normally within said receptacle and removably seated in substantially horizontal position above said floor so as to receive soap-cakes thereon and to provide a water-receiving space thereunder, a partition normally seated on said drain-plate and engaged with said rear wall in a proper relation to prevent it from being raised from Said drain-plate, and locking means normally ,engaged with said low front wall and par- `tition in -a proper relation for securing said partition against forward movement and thereby cooperating with said rear wall for securing said partition and drain-plate in normal positions, said locking means being readily removable for releasing said partition and drain-plate so they can be removed from said receptacle for gaining easy .access to all parts for thorough cleaning.

42. The combination defined by claim l, said rear -wall being provided with an inverted U- shaped recess to receive and hold the rear edge of the partition so as to normally prevent lateral and upward movement of the partition.

FERDINAND T. PLACK. 

